Puffin Perch “Who would like some more ice?”
Oil on canvas 75 cm x 60 cm US$ 900 (NZ $ 1500) 10% of the proceeds will be donated to WWF Puffins are like living cartoons, with their striking feather patterns and colourful beaks. It was delightful painting these gorgeous...
Orca Splash “Who would like some more ice?”
Oil on canvas 75 cm x 60 cm US$ 900 (NZ $ 1500) 10% of the proceeds will be donated to WWF Graphic pale maroon and black make wonderful frame for the sleek orca leaping up with a plume of water out of the dark tinted glass,...
Penguin Nap “Who would like some more ice?”
Oil on canvas 75 cm x 60 cm US$ 900 (NZ $ 1500) 10% of the proceeds will be donated to WWF I find all penguins very appealing, and Gentoos are delightful. This was painted from a photo of a bonded pair who were standing facing...
Seal Haul “Who would like some more ice”
Oil on canvas 75 cm x 60 cm US $ 900 (NZ $ 1500) 10 % of the proceeds will be donated to WWF. These are Greenland (or Harp) seals, and appropriately for this series, their Latin name means 'Ice lover from Greenland.' They are gorgeously sleek, and the one swimming in...
What will happen if I open my eyes?
Oil on canvas 90 cm x 60 cm US $ 990 (NZ $ 1650) What will happen if I open my eyes? Open my eyes to my dreams, my fears, my hopes, my hidden potential? My anger, my sadness? My power, my giftedness? Where might I find myself? The woman represents the precious soul....
As kingfishers catch fire “Who would like some more ice?”
Oil on canvas 75 cm x 60 cm Sold As Kingfishers Catch Fire Named after the fabulous poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins. This gorgeous kingfisher is flying up out of a glass, having caught a tiny fish, splashing water against the dark teal background. A BBC wildlife program...
Emperor’s Child “Who would like some more ice?”
Oil on canvas 75 cm x 60 cm US $ 900 (NZ $ 1500) I added a hint of red to the blue background colours to make them shades of cornflower blue, which is actually slightly purple. Because the main colour is purple, a mix of the two primary colours red and blue, yellow...
Sea of Sand
Oil on canvas 60cm cm x 90 cm US $ 990 (NZ $ 1650) What looks like a place of barrenness, can be a place of opportunity, of growth, of beauty, of something different form the ‘normal.’ A place of creativity that re-imagines the world, where things hidden in the...
Polar Splash “Who would like some more ice?”
Oil on canvas 75 cm x 60 cm US $ 900 (NZ $ 1500) 10%of the proceeds will go to WWF. I was reading an art blog which said that people stop to look for longer at paintings of citrus. Which got me wondering - "Why citrus, apart from the appealing colours?" As I mused,...